About Prints

All prints ship in durable cardboard tubes.

Fine Art America is one of the largest, most-respected giclee printing companies in the world with over 40 years of experience producing museum-quality prints. All of our prints are produced on state-of-the-art, professional-grade Epson printers.

We use acid-free papers and canvases with archival inks to guarantee that your prints last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. Paper prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting. Canvas prints include a 2.5" white border to allow for future stretching on stretcher bars.

Prints ship within 3 - 4 business days in durable cardboard tubes.

About the Image

Monarch Butterfly
Monarch butterflies are known for the incredible mass migration that brings millions of them to California and Mexico each winter. North American monarchs are the only butterflies that make such a massive journey—up to 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers). The insects must begin this journey each fall ahead of cold weather, which will kill them if they tarry too long.
Monarch butterflies begin life as eggs and hatch as larvae that eat their eggshells and, subsequently, the milkweed plants on which they were placed. (Monarchs are dependent on milkweed plants, which larvae eat nearly exclusively.)
Fattening larvae become juicy, colorful caterpillars, then create a hard protective case around themselves as they enter the pupa...

About the Artist - Carol Toepke

I have come a long way from the days of a Kodak Duraflex camera, with a large, side-attached flash hood with non-reusable bulbs to what amounts to tons of photos today .... I feel I am finally ready to share my ecclectic, and often, non-traditional view of art through my lenses. My images can be traditional, and at other times seem, modern, dark, and edgy. I have chosen not to limit what I take photos of. I have allowed my mood, my interest, and my passion to drive my camera lenses in capturing abstract images, nature, still photography or landscapes.
Having lived my entire life in Central Wisconsin, I have spent and will continue to spend a lot of time photographing the multidimensional, seasonally-driven state. And hopefully, ...

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